Morning Report for Friday 25 November 2016

6:00 AM.Queensgate cinema complex likely to be demolished; Structural damage found at Lower Hutt mall; First Kaikoura drive-out planned this afternoon; Some success, but still stumbling blocks on path to pay… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:09 AM.Event Cinemas at Queensgate is likely to have to be demolished. Structural engineers say the building could collapse in another big aftershock. Audio

6:11 AM.The Earthquake Commission has already received about 7,000 claims from last week's Kaikoura quake. EQC expects the number of claims to be fewer than in Christchurch. Audio

6:15 AM.A government change to allow pay equity claims has delighted rest home worker Kristine Bartlett who successfully took her case about pay equity to court in 2014. Audio

6:17 AM.A deal between the Maori and Mana parties is expected to be finalised by the end of the year, as both parties look to do a lot better at next year's general election. Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:39 AM.A cinema complex in Lower Hutt is cordoned off over fears the building might collapse. Our reporter Adriana Weber says the north eastern part of the mall has been deemed unsafe and the New World… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A third visit by Prime Minister John Key to quake affected Kaikoura brings the realisation for the Government, and many locals of the enormity, of the recovery ahead. Audio

6:44 AM.A large-scale recovery effort is underway after the east coast of New Caledonia was devastated by landslides. Audio

6:47 AM.The recent recovery in dairy prices looks set to bolster economic activity in various regions and underpin an economy that will stay stronger for longer. That's the conclusion of Westpac bank's latest… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The Reserve Bank is aiming to make it easier for the general public to weigh up the risks and rewards of making a deposit with one of New Zealand's registered retail banks. Audio

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:15 AM.Peter Alexander of Queensgate Mall management company Stride says the mall will reopen today despite the likely need to demolish its cinema complex. Audio

7:30 AM.A suicide truck bomb in Iraq has killed more than 100 people, mostly Shia pilgrims at a petrol station south of Baghdad. New Zealand journalist Campbell McDiarmid has been covering the story. Audio

7:37 AM.Greenpeace's climate campaigner, Kate Simcock says cracks which have appeared in the offshore Maari oil platform in Taranaki show how risky it is to drill for oil in waters around New Zealand. Audio

7:42 AM.Fewer aftershocks than expected since the Kaikoura 7.8 quake haver GNS Scientists worried. Audio

7:47 AM.With just over a week left to vote in the Mt Roskill by-election there is one name still on the lips of many residents - Phil Goff. That's making it harder for the two new contenders. Audio

7:55 AM.The Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum holds a crucial vote today on mandatory palm oil labelling which could see a big change to the way thousands of supermarket products are displayed. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:09 AM.Motorists stranded in Kaikoura after the quake cut road links will finally have the chance to leave the town this afternoon. But Gary and Janine Smith are sceptical that will actually happen. Audio

8:14 AM.The building industry is celebrating the best in home construction with the House of the Year awards tomorrow night. Registered Master Builders chief executive David Kelly says the finalists include… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Three prominent women have given their perspectives on law changes that will make it easier for women to file pay equity claims with their employers. Deborah Russell, a lecturer in taxation and former… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Newly released information shows just how lightly fish-dumping skippers were let off by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio

8:27 AM.Defence lawyer Robert Lithgow QC says the seven-year jail sentence given to a man for pinching a prison guard's bottom is a disgrace. Audio

8:34 AM.Former Act MP and architect of the three strikes law David Garrett is defending the seven-year jail sentence given to a man for pinching a prison guard's bottom. Audio

8:43 AM.Kaikoura residents feeling overwhelmed after last week's quake are being urged to seek help if they're finding things tough - as the Recovery Assistance Centre is currently seeing more than a hundred… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The All Blacks are hoping to finish their season on a high, with a win against France in Paris on Sunday. NZ is continuing to fly the flag for the sourth hemisphere, with other teams less than… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A Northland woman who laid a complaint alleging police misconduct over repeated protection order breaches has been waitiing almost two years for it be dealt with. Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio